Vehicle charging port mounting assembly and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12202363-B2
Application number	US-202217708144-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2022
Priority date	Mar 31, 2021
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle charging, and particularly provides a vehicle charging port mounting assembly and a vehicle. The invention aims to solve the problem that existing charging port components have a poor design of mounting structure and thus cannot well meet the usage requirements. To this end, the vehicle charging port mounting assembly of the invention comprises a body side outer panel, a charging port component, a charging port mounting component, a rear wheel cover outer panel and a rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate, wherein the charging port mounting component comprises a mounting bracket and an accommodation support member which is provided with an accommodation chamber, the mounting bracket being disposed in the accommodation chamber and fixedly connected to the accommodation support member, and the accommodation support member being disposed between the body side outer panel and the rear wheel cover outer panel. The charging port component is fixed by both the mounting bracket and the accommodation support member, thereby effectively improving the durability and NVH features of this region. The design requirement of dry-wet separation can also be effectively achieved by means of the accommodation support member, and the local strength of this region can be increased by means of the rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate, thereby effectively meeting multiple requirements.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle charging port mounting assembly, characterized by comprising a body side outer panel, a charging port component, a charging port mounting component, a rear wheel cover outer panel and a rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate, wherein the rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate is fixedly connected to an inner side of the rear wheel cover outer panel;
the charging port mounting component comprises a mounting bracket and an accommodation support member which is provided with an accommodation chamber, the mounting bracket being disposed in the accommodation chamber and fixedly connected to the accommodation support member, and the accommodation support member being disposed between the body side outer panel and the rear wheel cover outer panel;
the charging port component comprises a charging port cover assembly and a charging socket assembly, the charging port cover assembly being capable of covering the charging socket assembly;
the body side outer panel is provided with a first mounting opening, the charging port cover assembly is disposed in the first mounting opening, and the shape of the first mounting opening matches the shape of an outer side portion of the charging port cover assembly, such that the outer side portion of the charging port cover assembly is capable of covering the first mounting opening and thus covering the charging socket assembly; and
the accommodation support member is provided with a second mounting opening, the rear wheel cover outer panel is provided with a third mounting opening, the rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate is provided with a fourth mounting opening, and the charging socket assembly is capable of successively passing through the fourth mounting opening, the third mounting opening and the second mounting opening and is then fixedly connected to the mounting bracket.

2. The vehicle charging port mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein that the shape of an outer side edge of the accommodation support member matches the shape of a part of an inner side surface of the body side outer panel such that the accommodation support member is fitted and connected to the inner side surface of the body side outer panel.

3. The vehicle charging port mounting assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the accommodation support member is fitted and connected to the body side outer panel by means of vibration isolation adhesive.

4. The vehicle charging port mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting bracket comprises a mounting plate and mounting feet extending inwards along the mounting plate, and the mounting plate is provided with a through hole; and
the charging socket assembly is fixedly connected to the mounting plate, a charging port of the charging socket assembly is disposed at the through hole, and the mounting bracket is fixedly connected to the accommodation support member by means of the mounting feet.

5. The vehicle charging port mounting assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the mounting feet are fixedly connected to the accommodation support member by means of welding.

6. The vehicle charging port mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodation support member is fixedly connected to the rear wheel cover outer panel by means of welding, and
the rear wheel cover outer panel is fixedly connected to the rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate by means of welding.

7. The vehicle charging port mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle charging port mounting assembly further comprises a D-pillar reinforcing plate fixedly connected to the rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate.

8. The vehicle charging port mounting assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the shape of part of edge of the body side outer panel matches the shape of part of edge of the D-pillar reinforcing plate, such that the body side outer panel is connected to the D-pillar reinforcing plate by means of edge covering and bonding; and
the shape of part of edge of the body side outer panel matches the shape of part of edge of the rear wheel cover outer panel, such that the body side outer panel is connected to the rear wheel cover outer panel by means of edge covering and bonding.

9. The vehicle charging port mounting assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodation support member is provided with a first water discharge hole, the rear wheel cover outer panel is correspondingly provided with a second water discharge hole, and the first water discharge hole is connected to the second water discharge hole by means of a water discharge pipe such that water in the accommodation support member is discharged to the outside of a vehicle.

10. A vehicle, characterized by comprising a vehicle charging port mounting assembly,
wherein the vehicle charging port mounting assembly comprises a body side outer panel, a charging port component, a charging port mounting component, a rear wheel cover outer panel and a rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate;
wherein the rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate is fixedly connected to an inner side of the rear wheel cover outer panel;
wherein the charging port mounting component comprises a mounting bracket and an accommodation support member which is provided with an accommodation chamber, the mounting bracket being disposed in the accommodation chamber and fixedly connected to the accommodation support member, and the accommodation support member being disposed between the body side outer panel and the rear wheel cover outer panel;

wherein the charging port component comprises a charging port cover assembly and a charging socket assembly, the charging port cover assembly being capable of covering the charging socket assembly;
wherein the body side outer panel is provided with a first mounting opening, the charging port cover assembly is disposed in the first mounting opening, and the shape of the first mounting opening matches the shape of an outer side portion of the charging port cover assembly, such that the outer side portion of the charging port cover assembly is capable of covering the first mounting opening and thus covering the charging socket assembly; and
wherein the accommodation support member is provided with a second mounting opening, the rear wheel cover outer panel is provided with a third mounting opening, the rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate is provided with a fourth mounting opening, and the charging socket assembly is capable of successively passing through the fourth mounting opening, the third mounting opening and the second mounting opening and is then fixedly connected to the mounting bracket.

Assignees

• Nio Technology Anhui Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Yuxuan
• Wang Hongli
• Cheng Ming
• Liu Xiaohua
• Shi Wenhui

Classifications

• B60L53/16 Primary

  Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60L2270/142

  acoustic · CPC title

• B60Y2300/91

  Battery charging · CPC title

• B60K15/04

  Tank inlets (B60K15/077 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02T90/14

  Plug-in electric vehicles · CPC title